Monday Morning Meeting
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Why are you lucky?
Morning Meeting
The Morning Message
Sharing the marker.
An unexpected riddle.
Reading to solve.
Riddle #2
Found by the tissues.
Several read together to solve.
Riddle #3
Found in one of the books we read.
It brings us down the hall for clue #4 found in the girl's bathroom!
Clue #5 found on the ceiling in the classroom.
Solving brought us to the middle room space.
We found a black kettle in the fairy tree!
The pot was full of special treats!
Math
We counted the necklaces by 2s.
We counted the Happy St. Patrick's Day coins by 5s.
There were 19 green coins, gold coins, and green necklaces.
There were two special gold nuggets.
Many of you know that I have dual citizenship.
My grandparents were born in Rossaveel and Spiddal, County Galway.
I have enjoyed my travels to Ireland to learn about my heritage (O'Flaherty/Flaherty). 🍀
I enjoyed sharing with the children about Ireland. 🇮🇪
We had fun learning facts as well as reading some fun stories/folk tales!
Monday's Read Aloud
Playing leprechaun 4 Corners Yoga.
snack time
Reading our phonics passage.
Stations
Working in his reader.
Stations
Read to self.
Stations
Reading a St. Patrick's Day emergent reader.
A Quiet Time choice: Shamrock Color By Number (10-16).
Read Aloud
This inspired some to write a How To Catch A Leprechaun piece.
Centers
Easel
Centers
Drawing & Writing
Centers
Art Table
Q-Tip painting the Irish Flag!
Centers
Blocks: Building a structure.
Centers
Dramatization
The Fairy Tree
Centers
Art Table
Q-Tip painting colorful shamrock.
Centers
Q-Tip painting a rainbow.
Centers
Writing a message with Cray Pas.
Centers
Writing & Drawing: using his imagination!
Centers
Blocks
The Fairy Tree
Centers
Games
Centers
A rainbow on the Art Easel!
Math
Place Value work (tens and ones).
Whole group work with Unifix Cubes.
Independent place value practice.
Stations
Red Word Practice: Color By Word (for, it, is, the, me, was, & said).
A Quiet Tine Choice: St. Patrick's Day Color By Number (19-26).
We were treated with an Irish dance performance.
The Stillson School of Irish Dance!
We hads a front row seat!
Thekids loved watching the girls dance and enjoyed the music!
Several of my former students danced, so fun to watch them!
Handwriting
Capital D & P this week.
Completing their page in their handwriting books.
Read Aloud
A book based on the childhood experiences of the author's mother growing up in Arizona.
It is about young kids who would play in the desert across the street from their homes
as they created a town and their own little society.
Roxaboxen vocabulary
Centrers
STEM
Designing a very special building in Cape Elizabeth!
We received a letter from Principal Karnes that charged the children to come up with a building for our town that is fair and inclusive.
After some whole group discussions and planning several groups worked
to design a building where all ages to gather to play.
They are drawing plans. It has four floors of learning!
Writing & Drawing
The fairy tree.
Adding color.
Adding the name of the building. They decide it would be called The Maine Learning Center.
The Art Table
Centers
Blocks
The Middle School girls play Leprechaun 4 Corners with the children.
They provided a color sheet for those who were interested!
A Quiet Time Choice on Wednesday: Drawing with Dry Erase markers on the small white boards.
The children's drawings are getting very detailed!
Writing a message to his family!
Proud of how may numbers she wrote during the short rest time.
Ta Da!
SEL with Mrs. McDermott.
Her read aloud.
Working in team to share perspectives.
Several photos were shared and discussed.
Math
Mystery Number
Working on what come before and after select numbers in the 100 chart.
Spring Blocks
Teen
Ten and how many more?
Phonics
Spell bill.
Change bill to quill.
Change quill to fill.
Working in her phonics book.
Stations
Reading group.
Centers
Blocks
Math
Counting with movement.
Math
A whole group dice game.
Roll
Add
Total
Friday was Sports Day!
Several children participated by wearing sports apparel to show the love for a sports team!
Math
Independent practice at the tables, playing with small soft dice.
They were happy to play this addition game!
Many of the children wore clothing representing a team they were on!
And the winner is ...
Number 7!
Math
Drawing 2D shapes.
Phonics
Completing a page in her phonic book.
Stations
Red Work Practice: (all).
Writing
A completed fiction story called: In the City.
Reading her fiction story to Mrs. Cornell.
Reading their writing to someone else is a k goal.
Centers
Art: She drew a peer and gave the picture to him!
Very well done and very kind!
Centers
Blocks
The Maine Learning Center Plans
A lobby
An art floor for 5+ with a room for under 5.
A sleeping floor.
A science floor for 5+ with a room for under 5.
Next phase is to build it!
We have ideas.
Representing four floors may be challenging!
A collection of what we call "Beautiful Stuff" to inspire the construction.
We will be working on building The Maine Learning Center at the Art Table during centers this week.
If your child wishes to bring in some type of material that they wish to use in the building they are welcome to add to the "Beautiful Stuff" collection.
It may be something like a small piece of fabric, felt, a bottle cap, a small box etc.
This week we have had many discussions about what we feel lucky about.
The children are doing very well at school and are making daily growth physically, emotionally, socially, and academically.
I am lucky to be able to witness that!
I hope you enjoyed your weekend!
Next Week:
Wednesday: Early Release Day Parent-Teacher Conference
Thursday: Book Exchange Day at the Library. If your child is ready to exchange their library book, please send it into school in their library bag.
Friday: Celebrating another class birthday!
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